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 Malaria is a disease caused by Plasmodium, a single-celled parasite transmitted by mosquitoes. <a href='https://www.freepik.com/photos/mosquito-bite'>Mosquito bite photo created by jcomp - www.freepik.com</a> When a parasite enters a person's bloodstream, it begins to destroy the liver cells and red blood cells. This damage to the cells is seen as a variety of symptoms, and in extreme cases, they may indicate death. Malaria is a global health problem and affects millions of people, in particular, Children under 5 years old Pregnant women Patients with health conditions such as HIV and AIDS. People in tropical and subtropical regions are at greater risk of contracting malaria so much so that the vast area around the equator including Latin America, Sub-Saharan, South Asia, and South East Asia is known as the malaria belt. ? There are about 100 types of plasmodium but only 5 of them cause the spread of malaria in humans. The female Anopheles mosquito is the most ...

 Proclaimed the "king of diseases" in the Vedic texts (1500-800BC), a deadly fever was sometimes recorded in the ancient civilizations of China, Mesopotamia, Egypt, India, and Greece. The Indian physician Sushruta (6th century BC) wrote vishama jwara "chronic fever", and "the father of medicine" Hippocrates (5th century BC) explained this condition. The most dangerous diversity is said to have contributed to the decline of the Roman Empire in the 5th century. <a href='https://www.freepik.com/photos/mosquito-bite'>Mosquito bite photo created by jcomp - www.freepik.com</a> Such a rare disease, dating back to the 14th century, known in English as ague - mentioned in Shakespeare's eight plays - was borrowed from Anglo-Norman and Middle French ague, eventually to post-classical Latin acuta "acute fever". It was only in 1718 that the term "malaria" was coined, by Italian physician Francisco Torti - Italian mala + aria ...